Rex Lotery (1930-2007)

Born outside London, England on August 19, 1930, Rex Lotery’s family immigrated to Manhattan in 1939 and later moved to Scarsdale, NY.  In 1952 Rex received his Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was a member of the Delta Kai Epsilon.

Rex Lotery worked as a draftsman for William Steenson (1953-54),  Barienbrock and Murry (1954-55) before launching his own practice in Los Angeles, Rex Lotery Architect, in 1956. He remained employed under his own shingle through the 1968. In 1969 he helped launch the firm of Kahn, Kappe, Lotery, Architects/Planners, which became Kahn Kappe, Lotery Bocatto, Architects/Planners in 1973. The firm changed names one more time to Kappe, Lotery Bocatto in 1978 (through 1984). From 1984 to 1992 Mr. Lotery served as President of Urban Innovations Group at UCLA where he delighted in mentoring the work of emerging young architects.

Rex won several awards for his innovative contemporary residential work.  Considered ahead of his time by his colleagues, Rex was remembered, in his obituary, for his deep ethical concerns for the environment and for his professions responsibility to the social and economic well being of the community, concerns he advanced as President of the Southern California Chapter of the AIA in 1973 and later as a member of the AIA National Board of Directors.

The archive of architect Rex Lotery is held by UC Santa Barbara’s Architecture Design Collection. 

Partial List of San Diego Projects

Goodman Residence (1968)
5330 LeBaron Road, Alvarado Estates